#538EE6#538EE6

#538EE6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.146 H 258.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538EE6
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 230)
HSL	hsl(216, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 38.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, 8.03, -50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 50.94, 279.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0298 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.146 258.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5181, 26.8955, 78.5887)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538EE6 #E6AB53

analogous

#53D8E6 #538EE6 #6253E6

triadic

#538EE6 #E6538E #8EE653

tetradic

#538EE6 #E653D8 #E6AB53 #53E662

square

#538EE6 #E653D8 #E6AB53 #53E662

split-complementary

#538EE6 #E66253 #D8E653

monochromatic

#1851A6 #206BDC #538EE6 #88B1EE #BED4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#538EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#538EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538EE6

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538EE6	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6795EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5287E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.146 258.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91aeee',
    500: '#538ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538ee6;
$custom-light: #91aeee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.918,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64768,
    "c": 0.14611,
    "h": 258.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538EE6

secondary

#E6D0AF

accent

#860FD7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #538EE6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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